MARISA TOMEI

'Marisa Tomei' (born December 4, 1964) is an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Personal life

Filmography

Academy Awards

References

External links

Biography

Early life

Tomei, an Italian American,^[1][2] was born in Brooklyn, New York to Patricia, an English teacher, and Gary A. Tomei, a trial lawyer of Lebanese origin.^[3] She has a younger brother, Adam, and was partially raised by her paternal grandparents, Rita and Romeo Tomei.^[4] Tomei grew up in Midwood.^[5] While there she became captivated by the Broadway shows that her theater-loving parents took her to, and became drawn to acting as a career. After graduating from Edward R. Murrow High School she attended Boston University for a year, then transferred to New York University in 1983 after landing a role in the soap opera ''As The World Turns''. Soon after, she dropped out of school altogether as her career began to take off.

Career

Tomei followed up ''As the World Turns'' in 1987 with a role on the sitcom ''A Different World''. Her breakthrough performance came in ''My Cousin Vinny'' (1992), for which she won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. After her Oscar win, she received a Screen Actor's Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Female Supporting Actor for ''Unhook the Stars''. Next, she received an American Comedy Award nomination for Funniest Supporting Actress for ''Slums of Beverly Hills''. She was nominated for a Satellite Award as Best Supporting Actress for ''What Women Want''.
She received a second Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for ''In The Bedroom'' (2001). Tomei has also done substantial work in the theater, including taking lead roles on Broadway in ''Wait Until Dark'' (1998) and ''Salomé'' (2003), and many Off-Broadway plays.
In 1996, Tomei made a guest appearance on the sitcom ''Seinfeld'', playing herself in "The Cadillac, Part 1" and "2." She has also made an appearance on ''The Simpsons'', as a movie star who falls in love with Ned Flanders. In 2005, Tomei featured in an ad campaign for Hanes with the slogan ''"Look who we've got our Hanes on now"'', featuring various other celebrities including Michael Jordan, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Damon Wayans, Matthew Perry and, on Spanish-language advertising, Aracely Arambula and Pablo Montero.
In 2006, Tomei had a recurring role on the TV series ''Rescue Me'', playing Johnny's ex-wife Angie.

Personal life

In the early 1990s, Tomei dated Robert Downey, Jr. (her co-star in ''Only You''). In 1999, she dated actor Dana Ashbrook and had a relationship with Frank Pugliese. She usually likes to keep her personal life away from the media. In 2005, she stated that she would like to return to NYU to study civics.

Filmography

★ ''As the World Turns'' (1983-'85) ''TV Series'' ★ ''The Flamingo Kid'' (1984) ★ ''The Toxic Avenger'' (1985) (uncredited) ★ ''Playing for Keeps'' (1986) ★ ''A Different World'' (1987) ''TV Series'' ★ ''Oscar'' (1991) ★ ''Zandalee'' (1991) ★ ''My Cousin Vinny'' (1992) ★ ''Equinox'' (1992) ★ ''Chaplin'' (1992) ★ ''Untamed Heart'' (1993) ★ ''The Paper'' (1994) ★ ''Only You'' (1994) ★ ''The Perez Family'' (1995) ★ ''Four Rooms'' (1995) ★ ''Unhook the Stars'' (1996) ★ ''A Brother's Kiss'' (1997) ★ ''Welcome to Sarajevo'' (1997) ★ ''Slums of Beverly Hills'' (1998)

★ ''My Own Country'' (1998) (TV) ★ ''Happy Accidents'' (2000) ★ ''The Watcher'' (2000) ★ ''What Women Want'' (2000) ★ ''Dirk and Betty'' (2000) ★ ''In the Bedroom'' (2001) ★ ''Someone Like You'' (2001) ★ ''The Wild Thornberrys Movie'' (2002) ★ ''Just a Kiss'' (2002) ★ '' The Guru'' (2002) ★ ''Anger Management'' (2003) ★ ''Alfie'' (2004) ★ ''Loverboy'' (2004) ★ ''Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School'' (2005) ★ ''Factotum'' (2005) ★ ''Rescue Me'' (2006) (TV) ★ ''Danika'' (2006) ★ ''Wild Hogs'' (2007) ★ ''Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'' (2007) (completed) ★ ''War, Inc.'' (2007) (filming) ★ ''The Night Job'' (2007) (in production)

Academy Awards

★ 1993 - Won Best Actress in a Supporting Role for ''My Cousin Vinny'' (1992)

★ 2002 - Nominee Best Actress in a Supporting Role for ''In The Bedroom'' (2001)

References

1. http://books.google.ca/books?vid=ISBN0028642341&id=bEkR3iJtHSoC&pg=RA1-PA319&lpg=RA1-PA319&ots=tYMlA88pNj&dq=%22MARISA+TOMEI%22+ITALIAN&sig=0DCORYH6e8s5ikgJtj4LMjVmVRU#PRA1-PA319,M1
2. http://web2.unt.edu/news/story.cfm?story=8221
3. http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/marisa_tomei_biog.html
4. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800024659/bio
5. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_4_33/ai_100572737/pg_2

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